Traveling bag, suitcase, and the like



Nov. 6, 1928.

B. H SHWAYDER TRAVELING BAG, SUITCASE, AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 15, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

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Nov. 6, 1928.

B. H. SHWAYDER TRAVELING BAG, SUITCASE, AND THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Oct. 15, 1925 INVENTOR. Ben 'amin H ,Shw

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Patented Nov. 6, 19 28. V

UNITED STATES BENJAMIN H. SHWAYDER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

TRAVELIllI'G- BAG, SUITCASE, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed October 13, 1925. Serial No. 62,240.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of traveling bags, coat cases,

suitcases and other similar containers and it is an object of the invention to provide by 5 means of a frame of novel form, a bag or case which combines with simplicity and economy in construction, many advantages of more costly bags of similar character.' A further object is to. provide a traveli g bag or case 1 having its body material fastened to the frame by mechanical means while possessing the outward appearance of a sewed frame bag, and'still other objects reside in providing in association 'with the frame, fastening i means for the body material of the bag or case, which reduce time and labor in production and at the same time increase the strength and durability of the finished article with the above and other objects in view,

all of which will fully appear in the course of the following description, my inventionv consists in the novel features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts shown in variousforms in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter to be described. e y

In the drawings in the several views of which like parts are similarly designated,

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a traveling bag constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2, a perspective view of the frame of the bag,

Figure 3, an enlarged section taken on the plane indicated by the line 33 in Figure 1, Figures 4 to 12 inclusive, perspective and fragmentary cross-sectional views of one of the members of the frame, showing various forms of construction, all within the scope and spirit of the invention, and

Figure 13, a fragmentary elevation of one of the channel parts of the frame structure illustrated in Figure 6, showing the prongs thereof in the position in which they are before being bent inwardly to secure the channel part to the main part of the frame.

Referring further to the drawings, the traveling bag as illustrated in Figure 1 com- 50 prises in connection with the usual body 5 made of leather or other suitable material, a frame structure composed of inverted U- shaped bow-members 6 and 7 fitting one within the other and hinged together at their'extremities by means of rivets 8.

The two members have the usual apertures, hasps and other appurtenances for the provision of the lock,'clas'ps and other fastening devices commonly used on bags and cases of this kind and they are partially covered with a material 9 corresponding in color and appearance to that ofwhich the body of the bag is composed.

The two members of the frame have at the outer edges of their flat body'sections 6 and 7"-, and substantially in alinement with the upper surfaces of the same, channel-shaped parts 10 and 12, which are fastened along the entire extent of the members and at right angles thereto. The channels may be formed as an integral part of the frame-members or they may be made separately and fastened to the main parts of the frame by convenient and suitable means. In the form of theinvention illustrated in Figure 9 the channels are an integral part of the frame-members, in Figures 3 and 4, the main parts of the frame are angular in section and the channels are welded or otherwise fastened upon the outer vertical sides thereof, in Figure 5, the channels are made slightly wider andfastened upon the inner surfaces of. the vertical sides of the body parts, inserted in the channels, and in Figure 6, the two parts are fastened together by one or more bent prongs 13, preferably punched out of the metal of one of the parts and inserted through correspondingly formed apertures of the other part. i

The object of the channels 10 and 12 is to secure the edge-portions of the body of the bag without the use of the large number of bolts usually required in riveted bags, and without sewing as is employed in more costly bags. The edge portions of the bag-body are to this end, bent at an angle to the sides of the same and inserted in the channels and it is to "be observed that by this arrangement the sides of the bag extend substantially flush A with the upper parts of the frame-members which gives the bag the appearance of one in which the body is sewn on the frame.

In the simplest form of the invention illustrated in Figures 3 and 9 the body of the bag is fastened to the frame-members by clamping together the sides of the channels in which the edge-portions of the body are inserted, it beingunderstood that the metal of which the frame-parts are composed is sulficiently pliable to permit of squeezing the ma- 11 terial of the bag between the sides of the portions of the body of the bag inside the channels of the frame-members and the most simple and efficient of these means have been shown inFigures 7 to 12 of the drawings, as willnow be described.

In Figure 7, one of the sides of the channel has one or more inwardly projecting tits 14 alined with apertures 15 1n the opposite side of the same, by which, when the sides are clamped together, the pliable part of the bag body inserted between the sides is crimped in place. In the form shown in Figure 8, one or both sides of the channel has or have series of downwardly pointing rigid prongs 16 which may be formed by indenting or by pinching the metal of which the parts of the frame are composed.

In Fi re 10, the sides of the channel are punche to provide prongs 20 which, after the edge-portion of the bag has been inserted, are bent inwardly so as to pierce the material thereof.

In the construction illustrated in Figure 11, the two sides of the channel have registering corrugations 21 which crimp the material of which the bag is composed when the sides of the channel are pressed together, as shown. It will be apparent, without further illustration, that these corrugations may be formed of any part of the channels and in as many places as may be found desirable.

In Figure 12, the upper edge of the free of theinvention, it being evident that the broad feature which differentiates the frame from others'of its kind resides in the provisions of a clamping element for holding the edges of the body of the bag in place.

It is further to be understood that while the invention has been illustrated in the draw ings as applied to a traveling bag, the improvements comprised therein are equally adapted for application to coat and suitcases and in fact, to all containers employing in as-, sociation with their body parts, metal frames for the reinforcement, protection and equipment of the edge-portions thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

In abag or case of the character described, the combination with a flexible body part, of a frame structure comprising a channel member and a frame member, the channel member receivin the portions of the flexible body part at the sides of the opening defined by the frame, and a separate frame covering of flex-' ible material arranged on the exterior of the channel member and covering the frame member and having both itsmarginal edge portions extended into the channel member and clamped in the channel member and lo cated at opposite sides of the said portions of the flexible body part between the same and the sides of the channel member. In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. I

BENJAMIN H. SHWAYDER. 

